#zukka is superior

[punkeropercyjackson]

Natla should've never existed fullstop but it specifically shouldn't have come out the same year as Atsv because now i gotta read all about Gwen is a snowbunny and the worst thing to ever happen to Miles and that she was 'using' Hobie and only posting about Margo to trash her from the same people who call Aang an oppressive neo-liberal for being a 12 year old tibetan monk who didn't wanna kill people and is femme for non-sexual reasons and that Katara's entire character being 'punk brown girl with adultifcation trauma' was wasted and reduced down to a self-insert fantasy because Zuko didn't give her terminal yellow fever like he did countless irl women that grew up to cyberbully minors in school kids show fandoms

[juliette-cai-enthusiast]

So I'm currently on book 3 of ATLA and I honestly think it might be my favorite so far. Like, The Painted Lady? The Beach? The Day of Black Sun? Don't even get me started on The Puppetmaster and The Boiling Rock.

[elfantasmadejanis]

can't believe that i just saw people reblogging a post that said they 'dont think that the fire nation is discriminatory and that the water tribes are' and 'as the most technologically advanced nation (...) they're also the most advanced in thinking' and in regards to sexism and homophobia the water tribe is 'a bit less accepting of these things/ignorant'

why are you even watching atla if you hate indigenous and dark skinned people this much

'most advanced in thinking' about the people who spend the whole series comitting multiple genocides

'not discriminatory' even if we ignore canonical sexism and homophobia in the fn (which we shouldn't) is racism, classism and actual g e n o c i d e not discrimintation now

pinkwashing and purplewashing has really rotted so many people's brains i hate it i hate it

[theweeklydiscourse]

It’s just interesting to observe the differences in how people treat Zukka vs how they treat Zutara. Because I searched Zutara on TikTok to look for some edits and the comments were filled to the brim with people saying “But Katara belonged with Aang 🥺” or “How can you ship Zuko with her after Mai said such a romantic line?” Or perhaps the most insufferable of all “Maturing is realizing that Zuko would’ve thrown himself in from of lightning for ANYONE” as if that’s some revolutionary reading of the text. It’s so irritating how this kind of behaviour is…accepted by the fandom.

But you don’t get that with Zukka, instead you see people gushing over how sweet they are together, hailing it as a wholesome and unproblematic ship, praising artworks of it with positivity and appreciation. It’s difficult to find much negativity under Zukka posts, you won’t see people saying “But Sokka belongs with Suki 🥺” or boldly going on a tangent about how another ship is SO much better. I saw one person praise Zukka as the most unproblematic ATLA ship because of how little conflict there was about it, that you wouldn’t see the same hostility among that fandom as you might with Zutara.

But there’s a reason for that which has less to do with Zutara shippers themselves, and more to do with the harassment and hostility they face on all sides of the fandom. Fans will go out of their way to antagonize Zutara shippers, they’ll feel brazen enough to leave backhanded or outright hostile comments under Zutara posts and art, they’ll interject their shipping opinions in spaces where nobody asked and condescend Zutara shippers by framing them as shallow or delusional for shipping it.

I think Zukka is admittedly cute, and they definitely have their haters, but the difference between it and Zutara is astounding. It’s incredibly frustrating to watch this phenomenon play out, especially when these shippers carry themselves with a kind of false moral superiority that can only be found in shipping discourse.

[love-and-books320]

atla spam content as promised

so like obviously kataang is the superior ship and im so happy they end up together bc they’re right for each other and fate and love and goodness. But. Like. Zutara just has that fire. Passion. Intrigue. Enemies to lovers. So much to unpack there. Do I think kataang should be canon endgame? Yes. Of course. Will that stop me from shipping the fuck out of Zutara? Not in a million years.

Also I dont ship zukka but ppl who do are cool as fuck shoutout to y’all

[wisebeth]

It's 2023, and it's time we finally realise and acknowledge that zukka & maiko are superior to zutara

[midnightpink]

this love burns so yellow (becoming orange and in its time, exploding)

read it here on ao3

Ten months after Zuko is crowned at seventeen, he faces his first coup.

by: meliebee

Words: 18,767, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English 

Collection: Zuko_angsty_and_cuddly, avatar tingz, Best of: Avatar The Last Airbender, AtLA <25k fics to read, escapism (to forget that the world is a burning hellscape), Best of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Essentials, zukka, Civil War Avatar, Creative Chaos Discord Recs, ive been here since i was twelve and these r the fucking best, ✧ Favourite Fanfictions ✧, Zukka comfort fics, Lumi's library of favourite fics, Psychologeek top picks, Avidreaders ATLA completed faves, My heart is full, ♥️Avis'_Favorites♥️, Happy Fics, superior atla fics, Fics I like, Qqqqqq115, like fresh water during summer, Behold the Sacred Texts, My Cabbages!!!!, my baby firelord zuko, Ridiculously well written fics

Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender

Rating:  Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Major Character Death

Categories: F/M, Gen, M/M

Characters:  Zuko (Avatar), Sokka (Avatar), Toph Beifong, Mai (Avatar), Katara (Avatar), Aang (Avatar), Iroh (Avatar), Ty Lee (Avatar), Suki (Avatar)

Relationship: Mai & Zuko (Avatar), Toph Beifong & Zuko, Sokka/Zuko (Avatar)

Additional Tags:  teen and up for the language because toph and zuko are a bit feral and that's canon, Ozai (Avatar) Being a Terrible Parent, like... really, Zuko (Avatar)-centric, Toph Beifong and Zuko are Siblings, they adopt each other. forcefully, Firelord Zuko (Avatar), Zuko (Avatar) Needs a Hug, he gets many. because he deserves them, Gaang (Avatar) as Family, Gaang (Avatar), Slow Burn, like... a Slow Burn TM, I started writing this wanting to write angst and somewhere along the line it turned into healing, Hurt/Comfort, Zuko's Scar (Avatar), the main character death is NOT one of the gaang !!, Fluff and Angst, Mutual Pining, Mai/Ty Lee (Avatar) - Freeform

[atla-confessions]

lmao at that zukka shipper getting brave.

i'm sorry, but zukkas need to pipe down with their annoying superiority complex and arrogance. some of y'all are actually delusional. your ship has zero interaction and almost no development. it's basically non-existent.

the only reason it's popular is because the girlies love their yaoi.

#justsaying #nohatejustfacts

X

[ultfreakme]

Thinking so hard about how Zuko and Asami would get along so well. Just the whole fixing the institutions their fathers ruined at a very young age, battling public opinion and doubts within themselves about said institution.

(also zukka and korrasami are same ship different font but korrasami superior because they’re canon and have a happy ending sorry not sorry)

[punkeropercyjackson]

Hobie is the Team Dad of the Spiderband the same way Katara is the Team Mom of the Gaang.They are absolutely NOT adults and should never be treated like it and it's not 'incest' to ship them with their teammates because they're not their actual parents either by blood or adoption and again,are literally in the same age group as them but they're way more mature than they should be due to brutalizing trauma that forced them to grow up too fast in order to survive so they feel the need to make good out of it by taking care of and looking out for other kids since they know how to,plus it's canon that the Gaang teases Katara for acting maternal and that Hobie took Gwen in after her abusive dad kicked her out for being trans-I mean Spiderwoman and you can bet your ass Hobie is the cook of his squad like Katara is her's.Idk how to end this actually uuuuuhhhhh fuck Zutara the shippers are extremely mean and superior over a ship that has no leg to stand on and Katara isn't Zuko's mom because she's his sister,stan Zukka instead

[darkcrowprincess]

What are some "problematic" ships you like?

do you really want to know because I have some really problematic ships? If so I'll tell you. A lot of them have age differences. Sometimes big ones. A lot of them are with evil people. And a lot of them aren't straight. And lot of them are just plain, well taboo. This will probably be long so stop reading if you don't want to read an essay.

My problematic ships:

Roy Mustang x Edward Elric Fullmetal Alchemist: ok really problematic straight out of the gate. Not only because of age difference but also because Roy Mustang is technically Ed's boss/superior officer in the military. Not that Ed fully listens to everything Roy says. And Roy constantly teases him about it. Roy is also snake but someone trying to change things for the better. He's also has done a lot of bad things. But so has Ed. They are both to messed up people trying to fix things they've done wrong and they are both intimately aware of that about each other. They both are incredibly brilliant and have in common the type of powers they use. You need to watch Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 to understand(not brotherhood. 2003 first) they are not canon but the canon ships bore me and lack any real romance so there you go.

Luz Noceda x Philip Wittebane: I know I know! This one is really fucked up. So fucked up. And Lunter is my otp. Believe me I know. But I have a dark fascination for this ship. Especially considering every interaction Luz and Philip had. And how much they have in common.. Like this my go to ship for when I want angst and trauma and just to see a dumpster fire. When I want Luz angst. I love Lunter. If Lunter is my happy ending, this ship is if I want tragedy and bad endings. This my depression ship!

Zuko x Happiness avatar the last airbender(anyone who is not Mai because she honestly sucked.) I am not a Mai fan. She is a horrible written character to me personally. And just horrible for Zuko. I mostly love any Zuko ship that has a water tribe sibling in it. But now a days that seems too toxic for people. You can look up the reasons in the anti zutara, anti zukka, anti zuko tag. But Zuko is my favorite character. Anything that gives him happiness makes me happy. Over all this mostly seems toxic because of Zukos past and family. But he had a redemption arc. One of the best. He deserves some happiness as he works hard to change things as fire lord.

Lunter/Luz x Hunter: You understand this needs no explanation. You know the owl house Fandom.

Dipper x Bill gravity falls: Yeah this one is really really bad. I think I have a really messed up taste for romance. Especially where age difference comes into play? Maybe I'm a masochist? Who knows. But I have a soft spot for adhd/autistic characters with older/immortal people. I have a soft spot for immortals/dangerous people protecting said autistic/adhd people.

Bakudeku my hero academia : I have a soft spot for redeemed bullies who actually put in the work to change. One of my favorite movies was a walk to remember.

Just in general a running theme I seem to have in a lot of my problematic ships:

age difference

Gay

power imbalance

In love with the Bully

In love with the villian

And sometimes its just plain taboo, toxic, or just un healthy. But I love it!

[franollie]

Bottom 5 ships across all fandoms you’re apart of

The worst of the worst in no particular order:

Whiterose (RWBY): i don't like Weiss and by proxy Weiss ships in general but i really don't like the way whiterose shippers treat Oscar. also, if i had to pick a Weiss ship, whatever love triangle her pyrrha and jean were in was so much more interesting than anything whiterose could offer

Zukka (ATLA): the shippers have a superiority complex

Laimar (Dungeon Meshi): idk ive been getting a lot of laimar stuff on my dash recently and it pisses me off. evidently a girl and boy cannot just be friends even if she has significantly more romantic interactions with said boy's sister

Jayroy (DC): roy harper would never. next question.

Spiderdads (Spiderverse movies): there was no chemistry there, i've never seen it done interestingly, migratory slash fandom, etc.

thanks for the ask!

ask game

[milfcodeddean]

zukka and destiel like unlearning your powerful father’s bullshit indoctrination and your sibling(s) trying to kill you for defying Him and then jailbreaks and saving his family and its the older sibling without the powers being sooo special to someone who seems so superior to an outsider 

[dragonfly1302]

Hey, can we talk about how Zukka ship is superior

[zvtara-was-never-canon]

Zukka shippers claiming to be superior to Zutara shippers as if all the stuff we complain about Zutara doesn't apply to them too, Zutara has just been around longer but they're both squidward

At least the worst part of the Zukka fandom seems to have died.

"They're both squidward" wut?

[onybo]

stop putting your zutara crap in the kataang, zukka, and maiko tags. no one wants to see it. you’re not the center of attention. you want us to salivate so bad over the fact that you’re “respectful to the other ships” when you can’t even be decent enough to keep it out of the tags. oh and you should worry about the way your own shippers have destroyed your ship’s reputation over the span of decades to the point that you have to use a pro zutara tag. glad people no longer bow down to your fandom’s superiority complex and no longer tolerate terrible takes from your fandom. we still unfortunately have a long way to go since you think it’s okay to put your garbage response in the tags and you haven’t been met with any backlash, which is what would’ve happened to any other shipper if they put this response in the zutara tag. girl the entitlement.

“i still have to support my soulmates” get a damn job.

first of all, this is hilarious, thank you for this

second of all i don't see the problem with using tags?? as far as i know (with my social media skills and all) tags r useful to get my opinion/response to other ppls feeds, it's not that deep LOL

if i had to guess you're probably a bitter kataang shipper who got ticked off by my response and yes, i do love being the center of attention but is that a bad thing? i don't even have at least 20 followers, let me say whatever i want in my OWN blog. i am respectful to other ships or why else would i say that? to lie, gaslight, and be the good guy?? anon, this isn't a comic, don't make it one!!!

i don't spread any hate to any ships, i think that's enough to call me respectful to other ships, right? i support their art while acknowledging that im a zutara shipper, u may have had unpleasant experiences with other people that share the same opinion as i do but trust me, we have had a fair share of terrible interactions with ur like too!!! so don't come to MY blog and attack me for no reason, i am just a stranger who's answering a question from another stranger. calm tf down, anon <3

and also for someone who wants me to get a job (which i do btw x) ur acting like an unemployed, bitter guy with nothing to do but start all this unnecessary ship wars.